YRE International Competition

Empowering young people worldwide to investigate, report, and take action on environmental issues

Young Reporters for the Environment holds an annual International Competition for young people aged 11-25 involved in the programme.

The purpose of the competition is for young people to investigate environmental issues, propose solutions, report it through various communication and journalistic ways to a local network and raise awareness by sharing it with an international community.

YRE International Competition 2026-2027 soon opening.

Here are various resources made to support young reporters and educators during the different competition cycles.

The Young Reporters for the Environment International Competition is open to those aged 11-25 participating as individuals or groups of young people through their school, college, university, Scout Group, or youth group. The YRE programme is run by FEE's national member organisation, who runs the programme and/or National Competition. All the entries to the YRE International Competition must first be submitted through the National Competition in each YRE member country.

Students may submit more than one type of submission to different media categories. 

Participant eligibility:

• Young people aged 11-25 participating in the YRE programme through their schools, universities, youth groups.

• Young people enrolled in the Twinning international collaboration.

• Students from International Schools that are registered as Eco-Schools.

• Scouts Groups (from countries where FEE has no national member)

• UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet)

The YRE International Competition has three age groups: 

• 11-14 years

• 15-18 years

• 19-25 years

Your category is based on your age at the submission deadline. 

• For group projects, the category is determined by the oldest team member’s age.

• For International Schools or Scout Groups without a National Operator, the international deadline applies. 

• Photo entries (One Take Photo and Staged Campaign Photo) are judged in one combined category (11–25 years). 

Competition assessment criteria

If you’re interested in learning more about how submissions are assessed, click the button below to find out more about the media category assessment criteria.